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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 38
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David sorrows for his sins—They rest as a disease upon him—He asks the Lord to be compassionate.
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<center><span class='small'>A PSALM OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE.</span></center>
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<span class='smallcaps'>O Lord</span>, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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<i>There is</i> no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither <i>is there any</i> rest in my bones because of my sin.
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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds stink <i>and</i> are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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For my loins are filled with a loathsome <i>disease:</i> and <i>there is</i> no soundness in my flesh.
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I am feeble and sore broken: I <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR groaned.">have</a> roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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Lord, all my desire <i>is</i> before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 88: 9.">eyes</a>, it also is gone from me.
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My <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB friends and neighbors.">lovers</a> and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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They also that seek after my life lay snares <i>for me:</i> and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Deceit.">deceits</a> all the day long.
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But I, as a deaf <i>man,</i> heard not; and <i>I was</i> as a dumb man <i>that</i> openeth not his mouth.
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth <i>are</i> no reproofs.
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For in thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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For I said, <i>Hear me,</i> lest <i>otherwise</i> they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify <i>themselves</i> against me.
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For I <i>am</i> ready to halt, and my sorrow <i>is</i> continually before me.
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For I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Confession.">declare</a> mine iniquity; I will be <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/38/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">sorry</a> for my sin.
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But mine enemies <i>are</i> lively, <i>and</i> they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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They also that <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/38/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 35: 12.">render</a> evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow <i>the thing that</i> good <i>is.</i>
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Forsake me not, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: O my God, be not far from me.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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